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<br />Federal Emergency Management Agency
<br />Washington, D.C, 20472
<br />APR 24 2003
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<br />CERTIFIED MAIL
<br />RETURN RECEll'T REQUESTED
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<br />IN REPLY REFER TO:
<br />Case No,; 03-08,0210P
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<br />The Honorable Paul E. Tauer
<br />Mayor, City of Aurora
<br />15151 East Alameda Parkway, Fifth Floor
<br />Aurora, CO 80012
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<br />Connnunny: CnyofAurora, CO
<br />ConnnunityNo.: 080002
<br />Panels Affected: 0040 E and 0160 E
<br />Effective Date of APR 2 I. 2003
<br />This Revision: " '... ,"
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<br />Dear Mayor Tauer:
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<br />This responds to a request that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) revise the effective
<br />Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) and Flood Insurance Study (FIS) report for your connnunity in
<br />accordance with Part 65 of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFll') regulations, In a letter dated
<br />January 30,2003, Mr, Jay Peters, P,E., Water Resources Engineer, Matrix Design Group, Inc., requested
<br />that FEMA revise the FIRM and Frs report to show the effects of the Westerly Creek Channel
<br />Restoration-Phase I along Westerly Creek from the confluence with Sand Creek to just downstream of
<br />Montview Boulevard, This request follows up on a Conditional Letter of Map Revision issued on
<br />January 14, 2003.
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<br />All data required to complete our review of this request were submitted with letters from Mr, Nickolas E.
<br />Skifalides, P.E., Deputy Manager, Wastewater Management Division, Department of Public Works, City
<br />and County of Denver; Mr. Peter D, Binney, P.E., Director of Utilities, City of Aurora; and Mr. Peters.
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<br />We have completed our review of the submitted data and the flood data shown on the effective FIRM and
<br />in the effective FrS report. We have revised the FIRM and FIS report to modify the elevations, floodplain
<br />andfloodwayboundary delineations, and zone designations of the flood having a I,percent chance of
<br />being equaled or exceeded in any given year (base flood) along Westerly Creek through your connnunity
<br />from approximately 2,600 feet downstream (at the corporate boundary with the City and County of
<br />Denver) to just downstream ofMontview Boulevard, As a result of the modifications, the Base Flood
<br />Elevations (BFEs) for Westerly Creek and the width of the Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA), the area
<br />that would be inundated by the base flood, decreased, and the width of the regulatory floodway increased
<br />in some areas and decreased in other areas, The modifications are shown on the enclosed annotated copies
<br />of FIRM Panels 0040 E and 0160 E, Profile Panels 32P and 33P, and affected portions of the Floodway
<br />Data Table. This Letter of Map Revision (LOMR) hereby revises the above-referenced panels of the
<br />effective FIRM dated August 16, 1995, and the affected portions of the Frs report dated September 7,
<br />1998.
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<br />Because this revision request also affects the City and County of Denver, a separate LOMR for that
<br />connnunity was issued on the same date as this LOMR,
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<br />The modifications are effective as of the date shown above. The map panels as listed above and as
<br />modified by this letter will be used for all flood insurance policies and renewals issued for your
<br />connnunity,
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